English: Bohemian Waxwing, Greater Waxwing, Common Waxwing          
Russian: Свиристель
German: Seidenschwanz
French: Jaseur boreal
Mongolian: Шивэр энхэтбялзуухай
Japanese: キレンジャク (Ki-renjaku)

Body length: 19-23 cm
Wing span: 32-35 cm

Winter visitor /partial migrant
Breeding season: March-August

Egg number: 5 (occasionally 4-6)
Egg colour: Greyish-blue with black spots, sparsely blouring markings.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Insects and berries.

Habitat: Nests in coniferous and mixed trees in mountain taiga forests, forest steppe and rarely in river valleys in dense taiga forests. Breeding pairs build their nests in trees, usually conifers, 1.5-6 m high. The nest is often placed on the forest edge or by a lake or stream. The nest is a cup of conifer twigs and grasses, lined with hair down.